Micah 4:3

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Modern

Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

Traditional

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Literal

And He will judge between many peoples, and He will decide even for strong nations, those far off. And they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up a sword against nation, and they will not learn war anymore;

Latin

Et judicabit inter populos multos, et corripiet gentes fortes usque in longinquum: et concident gladios suos in vomeres, et hastas suas in ligones: non sumet gens adversus gentem gladium, et non discent ultra belligerare.

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English

Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

Notes

Micah 4:3

The shalom (“well-being, peace”) of the Lord will cover the earth, and tools of destruction will be used for peaceful activities. Ancient history, from its earliest records, tells of war and one group dominating others. Warfare and violence peaked in the Assyrian and Babylonian kingdoms.
swords into plowshares: Weapons will become tools for farming. Some scholars think this phrase means turning "swords into metal shards," making them useless.

Micah 4:1–5

Micah's prophecy shifts from deep despair to a burst of hope as he describes the future rise of Mount Zion in Jerusalem. God's plan to bless all nations (Genesis 12:3) through Abraham's descendants will come true when people from all nations gather at the Lord's house to worship. There:

they will learn to follow God's laws and teachings;
these laws and teachings will spread among the nations as they leave God's house;
peace and well-being will grow as nations focus on peaceful activities and stop waging war; and
people will live without fear, enjoying security, prosperity, and blessings (Micah 4:4).

The idols of the nations fail them, but Israel's faithful God achieves all this. The prosperity he brings lasts forever (Micah 4:5).

Micah 3:1–5:15

This message accuses the evil leaders who harmed God's people. It contrasts them with a vision of God's kingdom and a righteous king's rule. After facing judgment and exile, a purified Israel would return and receive God's blessings.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Promised Kingdom

Events

Prophecies of Micahc. 754 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 2:4
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
Joel 3:9–16
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Matthew 25:31–32
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
Hosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
Acts 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
John 5:27–29
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
Zechariah 14:12–19
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
John 5:22–23
Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Psalm 110:5–6
The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Psalm 98:9
…before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 96:13
…before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

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